Infectious Prophylaxis with Intrawound Vancomycin Powder in Orthopedic Surgeries: Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.

Despite many existing strategies used to reduce the rates of surgical site infection (SSI), these are still fairly frequent complications that pose a challenge for orthopedic surgeons. Therefore, the search for more effective methods of perioperative infection prophylaxis became a main subject of research, with the goal of decreasing postoperative morbidity, mortality, and costs. Thus, the present study sought to assess the effectiveness of intra-wound vancomycin powder in orthopedic surgery SSI prophylaxis.

Osteoporosis in brazilian patients awaiting knee arthroplasty.

Objective: The primary objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia prior to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in female patients. As a secondary objective, we evaluated the incidence of hip fractures, types of drugs to treat osteoporosis and serum vitamin D levels.

Method: This is a transversal, descriptive and observational study which evaluated 60 women above age 55 prior to total knee replacement.